Topic unknown.
かぜさむみ伊勢のはま荻分行けばころもかりがねなみになくなり
| kaze samumi ise no hama ogi wakeyukeba koromo kari ga ne nami ni naku nari | The wind’s so chill, as Through the silver grass upon the beach at Ise I forge my way, that I’d borrow a robe with goose cries Sounding ‘cross the waves! |
Former Middle Counsellor Masafusa
Composed on the conception of the beginning of autumn.
秋はきぬ年もなかばにすぎぬとやをぎ吹くかぜのおどろかすらん
| aki wa kinu toshi mo nakaba ni suginu to ya ogi fuku kaze no odorokasuran | Autumn, indeed, has come; and The year, too, has its midpoint Reached, perhaps? The gusting wind upon the silver grass Seems to startle me awake. |
Monk Jakunen
Sent when her affair with Taira no Kaneki was finally coming to an end.
秋かぜの吹くにつけてもとはぬかなをぎの葉ならばおとはしてまし
| akikaze no Fuku ni tuketemo toFanu kana ogi no Fa naraba woto Fa sitemasi | ‘I’ve had enough!’—the autumn wind Might reveal with a gust, but It pays no visit here! Were I a frond of silver grass A rustle I would have it make. |
Nakatsukasa
Topic unknown.
うたたねはをぎ吹くかぜにおどろけどながき夢ぢぞさむる時なき
| utatane wa ogi fuki kaze ni odorokedo nagaki yumeji zo samuru toki naki | From my doze The wind upon the silver grass Has startled me, yet From this long path of dreams I awaken for not a moment. |
Former Emperor Sutoku
Dew
Left (Tie)
をぎのはにおけるしらつゆたまかとてそでにつつめどとまらざりけり
| ogi no ha ni okeru shiratsuyu tama ka to te sode ni tsutsumedo tomarazarikeri | On the blades of silver grass Drop silven dewdrops; Wondering if they’re jewels I wrapped them in my sleeves, yet Could not make them stay. |
His Majesty
7
Right
いかにしてたまにもぬかむゆふさればをぎのはわけにむすぶしら露
| ika ni shite tama ni mo nukamu yū sareba ogi no hawake ni musubu shiratsuyu | Somehow With gemstones they seem strung; When evening comes Each and every blade of silver grass Is bound with silven dewdrops. |
Nagayoshi
8
A poem presented to Prince Osakabe, composed on viewing the image of a sage.
とこしへに夏冬行けや裘扇放たぬ山に住む人
| tokosipe ni natu puyu yuke ya kapagoromo apugi patanu yama ni sumu pito |
Not eternally, As summer and winter’s passage, yet His coat of fur, and Fan, never will he release This mountain-dwelling man… |
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Collection
柿本人麻呂歌集